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Offline kram350kram

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GKN Europa
« on: Tuesday,January 24, 2023, 08:09:44 PM »
Anyone have pictures of the GKN Europa. Looking for some quality shots of engine compartment and interior. Also, was the cars wheel base lengthen over a standard Europa? Thanks

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Re: GKN Europa
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday,January 25, 2023, 06:08:17 AM »
I don't have any electronic photos of the car, but its wheelbase was lengthened. Info varies from one source to another, but it looks like a 2 - 2.5 inch increase..
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Re: GKN Europa
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday,January 25, 2023, 07:07:42 AM »
I ‘think’ it’s owned by Ben Levy of Andover Mass, try and contact him and go look at it.

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Re: GKN Europa
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday,January 25, 2023, 12:10:48 PM »
Here you go. I don't have any interior shots, was only interested in the engine/transaxle bay (sorry).
 
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Re: GKN Europa
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday,January 25, 2023, 05:40:14 PM »
That’s quite a cradle around the engine.
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Re: GKN Europa
« Reply #5 on: Thursday,January 26, 2023, 04:01:00 PM »
A decent amount of accurate info about GKN 47D can be found at the following link, scroll down the page a bit;

http://www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk/?page_id=3225